In the first round of the Champions League held this morning, Naples lost 0-2 away to Manchester City. After the game, Napoli coach Conte was interviewed. In the 20th minute of the game, Napoli captain Di Lorenzo was sent off with a red card. Conte first said: "We felt bitter because it was disappointing. We proved ourselves ready in the first 20 minutes, but this red card ruined the game. I don't want to say whether this is the right penalty, because I didn't see it, but it was difficult enough to play against Manchester City on 11-11, let alone 10 players." Conte continued: "I saw that my players have a good attitude, and I think Manchester City will feel that it's difficult to play against us tonight. Despite being sent off, the players still stick to it well. It's already difficult, but if you only have 10 players in 75 minutes (including stoppage time), it's almost impossible to do it."
To maintain the defensive system, Conte replaced De Bruyne with defender Oliveira in the 26th minute. "Fate is sometimes cruel. We only encountered red cards in Serie A last season, but now we got one in 20 minutes. My only choice at the time was to replace De Bruyne. I felt sorry for him. We lost his ability in the game, which also led to him losing the opportunity to play with the old boss. But I have no choice."
Then Conte said: "I yelled on the sidelines? I am always frank. I think we started the first 20 minutes well and used high-pressure to get our opponents. I felt pressure. At that time, I had a feeling that we might hurt them. I was very sorry that the game was ruined by a red card because you never know how the game would develop without a red card. I was also a player and I knew that when you 10 players faced the challenge, I would feel tired after a while, so I had to replace a new player. "
Politano performed well in defense of Duoku in this game, but he was replaced after receiving a yellow card and Manchester City immediately scored a goal to break the deadlock. Conte noted: "Politano is not a full-back, he is forced to play in this position. He can help when necessary, but if we need to keep playing in this position, there are other more suitable candidates. We tried to bring back a satisfactory result and changed the formation and hoped to do this. I am happy for the sacrifice of the players. I left this game with a positive feeling in the face of the European strong team, and that's how I feel."
Conte also talked about the team's defensive tactics: "In this kind of event you have to do a good job of defense, and when we try to throw the line to launch an attack, we just forget the defense, which is a mistake. Our goal is to suppress the opponent and engage in personal confrontation, but when you have only 10 players left, you have to fight back. We don't want to play like this, but we have to do it. What to play. In this case, when we try to put pressure on our opponents, we have loopholes. We need to be more mature and understand the situation on the court. If it is 10 to 11, then don't put too much pressure."
Finally, Conte said: "I still want to say that I am satisfied with the mentality of the players. We almost never faced 10 players last season, so this is the first time we were tested like this and faced the strongest opponents. But I saw the positive side, we were able to deal with this level of games. After the game against Fiorentina, I was really angry because we relaxed in the last 10 minutes. And in this level, if you can't stick to the end, you can get five or six goals by Manchester City. But we avoided this."
source:Online H5 Games